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ANA To Take First 787 in September
All Nippon Airways (ANA) said today it expects to take delivery of the first production Boeing 787 in September, roughly a month before a planned, inaugura
Boeing’s 787 production line remains stalled as workers scramble to execute engineering changes. (Photo: Boeing)  
Boeing’s 787 production line remains stalled as workers scramble to execute engineering changes. (Photo: Boeing)  

All Nippon Airways (ANA) said today it expects to take delivery of the first production Boeing 787 in September, roughly a month before a planned, inaugural charter flight between Toyko Narita International Airport and Hong Kong. Following a pair of one-hour, domestic excursions out of Narita, ANA plans to launch scheduled service between Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and Okayama or between Haneda and Hiroshima.

ANA’s announcement comes as Boeing works through a 20-workday hold on major 787 supplier deliveries initiated earlier this month. The move marked the fifth time Boeing instituted a pause on the Dreamliner assembly line in the last year and a half.